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Zanu-PF bigwigs question Mnangagwa's legitimacy
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa, struggling to consolidate and maintain power at the volatile helm amid renewed internal Zanu-PF infighting and disintegration of the coalition which drove his ...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 18:57hrs | 7250 | by Staff reporter
Compulsory indoctrination for civil servants on the cards
The ruling Zanu-PF party wants to force government employees to attend its Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology ahead of the 2023 elections, in a move widely seen as an attempt to brainwash government w...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:21hrs | 1571 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants to attend Zanu-PF's Herbert Chitepo School of ideology
Zanu-PF Bulawayo province has recommended that all civil servants should compulsorily attend the ruling party's Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology.According to the province's resolutions which...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 18:58hrs | 1271 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga in fierce battle to control Masvingo provinces
"Ladies and gentlemen the situation in our country has reached another level…," said the late army General Sibusiso Moyo while addressing the nation during the November 2017 sanitized coup whi...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 18:14hrs | 6373 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PFs provinces endorse President Mnangagwa for 2023
Zanu-PF provinces have endorsed President Mnangagwa as the ruling party's sole presidential candidate for the 2023 harmonised elections, stressing that his desire to uplift the lives of Zimbabweans ha...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:13hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new biography confirms political brinkmanship with Chiwenga
THE political war of attrition between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga has found expression in the President's controversial new biography as internecine unresolved le...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 06:52hrs | 4598 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi still enjoying lavish taxpayer-funded privileges
DESPITE resigning in March as state vice-president amid a string of sensational sex scandals, Kembo Mohadi - who remains Zanu-PF co-deputy leader with Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga - is still en...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 17:54hrs | 2045 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in army boss appointment clash with Chiwenga
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga are on a new collision course over the appointment of the next Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander, with retired Lieutenant-Gene...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 11:17hrs | 10110 | by Staff reporter
Who is the next ZNA commander?
Zanu-PF internal political dynamics are expected to play out when President Emmerson Mnangagwa appoints the new Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander following the death of Edzai Absolom Chanyuka Chi...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:30hrs | 6736 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF, army inseparable'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF party yesterday said it would continue banking on the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) for political survival because the two are tied together by the liberat...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 07:57hrs | 2475 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa forges ahead with power consolidation agenda
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF - which has been setting up grassroots structures at a time the political activity of opposition parties is restricted by Covid-19 regulations - are increasing...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 18:33hrs | 855 | by Staff reporter
'Army bars Mnangagwa's appointment of Clansman as Zanu-PF Commissar'
EXILED former government minister Jonathan Moyo has sensationally claimed President Emmerson Mnangagwa was going through a tough period after senior military officials blocked him from making key new ...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 10:11hrs | 8796 | by Staff reporter
Patrick Chinamasa's troubling return
IN Zanu-PF, they are changing political commissars at the rate of a diaper.You may want to say this is a purely internal matter, but not exactly so, as it has direct and indirect implications ...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 10:02hrs | 655 | by Tawanda Majoni
Chinamasa appointed Zanu-PF acting commissar
PATRICK Chinamasa, the Zanu-PF secretary for finance, has been appointed Zanu-PF's acting political commissar as the governing party prepares for the 2023 national elections.The outspoken poli...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 18:49hrs | 1808 | by Staff reporter
Who is Zanu-PF national PC - Rugeje or Matemadanda?
Confusion continues to reign supreme in Zanu-PF's commissariat department as it is not clear who is the current National Political Commissar (PC) between Victor Matemadanda and Ltd Gen (Rtd) Engelbert...Published: 01 May 2021 at 20:26hrs | 1797 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda's recall sets the pot boiling
Zimbabwe is settling to the news that the outspoken and imposing hardworking National Political Commissar Comrade Victor Matemadanda was relieved of his position and has been re-assigned a diplomatic ...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 22:34hrs | 4356 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa right on new political party
What a week it has been. We hear the taxi driver was fired but he came out saying he was not fired. Saka toziva zvipi nhai vanhu veMasvingo kkkk. Mapombi is proud to be from Masvingo. I love this plac...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 12:28hrs | 2571 | by Mapombi
Matemadanda was not fired
OUTSPOKEN war veterans secretary-general, Victor Matemadanda has lashed out at his Zanu-PF critics for prematurely "rushing to write his political obituary".Speaking to the Daily News yesterda...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 18:42hrs | 4427 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda dropped as political commissar
President Emmerson Mnangagwa fired Zanu-PF's political commissar Victor Matemadanda after he was accused of fanning divisions, reports said.Mnangagwa dropped Matemadanda from Zanu-PF's powerfu...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 18:54hrs | 2423 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fires 'incompetent' Matemadanda
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has fired Victor Matemadanda from the post of party political commissar and assigned him to a less glamorous role of heading a diplomatic mission.The outspoken Zan...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 09:36hrs | 3532 | by Staff reporter
Police warn felons, rotten cops
ANGRY authorities vowed yesterday that they would hammer perpetrators of violent crime in the country, while also dealing ruthlessly with rogue police officers caught participating in criminal activit...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 13:12hrs | 1338 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga faction loses ground
THE appointment of Frederick Shava to the Foreign Affairs ministerial post this week has further entrenched President Emmerson Mnangagwa's hold on power, capitalising on political contingency and oppo...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 15:02hrs | 7710 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moving to tighten his dead man's grip on power
AFTER his initial daring purges of military commanders who propelled him to power through a military coup in November 2017, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now capitalising on political contingency an...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:26hrs | 2599 | by Staff reporter
Ministers Covid-19 deaths strike fear into the hearts of Zimbabwe's VIPs
This comes as Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza died of Covid-19 today. Four ministers, including Matiza, have so far died. Others are Perrance Shiri, Ellen Gwaradzimba and Moyo. Former minister A...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 17:12hrs | 2135 | by Staff reporter
'Rugeje, Makwarimba factions violent'
Zanu PF politburo member Jorum Gumbo, who was in charge of Masvingo District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections held on December 05 - 06, has said a faction allegedly fronted by senior party membe...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 19:15hrs | 1820 | by Staff reporter
The factions exposed during DCCs must be dealt with now
There are two primary causes for voter apathy: alienation and voter fatigue. Alienation is defined as,the sense that voters feel like the political system does not work for them and any attempt to inf...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 15:24hrs | 704 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zanu-PF safeguards DCC polls
ZANU-PF has come up with a raft of measures to ensure that this coming weekend's district co-ordinating committee (DCC) polls will not descend into chaos.Speaking in Harare on Friday, at a par...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 16:00hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Of Zanu-PF and poisoning
0N August 11, 2017, at a rally in Gwanda, the then Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa fell ill, allegedly after eating ice cream which had been poisoned and spent over a week in South Africa under trea...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:33hrs | 788 | by Staff reporter
Gunmen leave Zimbabwe police puzzled
A spike in shooting incidents across the country has left the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) searching for answers amid indications that there has been a proliferation of unregistered guns.A w...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:21hrs | 3493 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi says Junta here to stay
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi yesterday declared that Zimbabwe will, for a long time, remain under military rule because civilians had no capacity to enforce stability. Addressing government off...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:33hrs | 4023 | by Staff reporter
Rising crime worries govt
THE government is very concerned about the increase in violent crime in the country, as well as the continued abuse of social media.This comes as the country has witnessed a spate of armed rob...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:23hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Rugeje shooting suspect dies in police cell
A suspect in last weekend's shooting incident at a retired army general's home died in police holding cells at Harare Central Police Station overnight Wednesday, ZimLive has learnt.Police sour...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 20:34hrs | 2074 | by Staff reporter
Illegal guns worry government
POLICE admitted yesterday that they were concerned by the proliferation of unlicensed firearms in public hands, which were being used to commit violent crimes.However, police said it was too e...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 18:50hrs | 1326 | by Staff reporter
Shootout at army chief home
A HEAVY exchange of gunfire erupted in the usually serene Mt Pleasant suburb in Harare yesterday as security details at the home of former Zanu-PF national political commissar, retired Lieutenant-Gene...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:26hrs | 10831 | by Staff reporter
7 Zanu-PF bigwigs fall sick
SEVEN Zanu-PF politburo members yesterday failed to attend its meeting at the ruling party headquarters in Harare as they are not feeling well.In his opening remarks at the meeting, President ...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 16:17hrs | 17394 | by Staff reporter
Full list of Army and CIO bosses who benefitted from the Farm Mechanization scandal
Political Analyst Alex Magaisa has published a list of Army, police and dreaded Central intelligence officers who benefited from the controversial RBZ Farm Mechanisation Scheme.Magaisa said hi...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 17:12hrs | 8669 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Coup talk mirrors a crisis
It seems that, in Zimbabwe, coup talk is one thing that won't go away. And there is always a story behind the buzz.Come to think about it. Even during Ian Smith's Rhodesia, there was such a bu...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:11hrs | 818 | by Tawanda Majoni
Mnangagwa ally nominated acting chief of Bikita
ZANU-PF politburo member and Retired Lieutenant General Engelbert Rugeje has been nominated to temporarily act as Chief Charamba of Bikita following the death of his father.Rtd Lt Gen Rugeje (...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 14:12hrs | 3414 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rocked by fresh power struggles
A FRESH power struggle has erupted in Zanu-PF, with senior officials clashing over the suspension of Youth League leaders during Wednesday's stormy politburo meeting in what insiders have described as...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:12hrs | 2666 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri, Auxillia fingered in Zanu-PF Masvingo factions
Factionalism in Zanu-PF Masvingo province is getting nastier, with two sparring factions emerging to fight for the spoils of the November 2017 coup which toppled long-ruling tyrant Robert Mugabe....Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 06:32hrs | 4410 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa showed wisdom in transforming the party to become user friendly
At the start of the new dispensation comrade Emerson Mnangagwa promised that he would spend a lot of time listening. That's what he has done over the last three years, and that's what he has don...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 20:52hrs | 5453 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Who is Matemadanda to dare the Americans
Following the news that cde Matemadanda has issued a stern warning to America, many people held their mouths with two hands. Today we want to see who cde Matemadanda is. Comrade Victor Matemadanda is ...Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 21:24hrs | 15301 | by Masimba Mavaza
Zanu-PF splurges $14 million on salaries
ZANU-PF gobbled nearly $14 million in salaries for the year 2019 as the party doled out ministerial packages for its full-time politburo workers and montly allowances for central committee members....Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:03hrs | 1289 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army snubs Mnangagwa?
The Zimbabwe Army top brass snubbed the anti-sanctions jamboree that was organised by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government last Friday. The lowly attended main event was held at the Natio...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 12:55hrs | 29695 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiwenga boots out security aides
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga, currently recovering at a top hospital in China, where he underwent two operations to clear his blocked oesophagus, amid poisoning fears, last month dismissed secu...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:56hrs | 2963 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mudenda to be arrested for corruption?
High level sources have revealed that a letter was written to the Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission urging them to investigate incumbent speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda over criminal abuse of of...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 16:57hrs | 10577 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZANU PF to replace Jacob Mudenda with Rugeje?
A faction of ZANU PF is pushing for the removal of Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda from his office over allegations of being corrupt, a ZANU PF Youth League source from Midlands has said. ...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 12:54hrs | 9821 | by Mandla Ndlovu
No leads on Mnangagwa White City bombing
ZANU-PF National Chairperson Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has said the people behind the bombing at White City Stadium in Bulawayo last year have not been accounted for so party members should remain vigi...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:42hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
SB Moyo and Chiwenga fallout?
Nasty fallout has developed between Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and Foreign Affairs Minister Sibusiso Busi Moyo a highly placed source in the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation has alle...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 11:28hrs | 31387 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Rugeje tipped for Vice Chancellor post
Former ZANU-PF secretary for commissariat and Chief of Staff for the Zimbabwe National Army Engelbert Rugeje is the front runner to land the post of Vice Chancellor of the Zimbabwe National Defence Un...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 20:31hrs | 5209 | by Staff reporter
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